[Program: A Tattoo at the Taj] (open access)

[Program: A Tattoo at the Taj]

Program for an aviation demonstration and tattoo drumming event, with information on the history of military musical tattoo and on performers of the event, which include the U.S. Air Force Band of the West, the 12th Flying Training Wing, Randolph Air Force Base, The United states Air Force Honor Guard, and the The San Antonio Pipes and Drums.
Date: 2001
Creator: The 12th Flying Training Wing
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Training Song Lyrics #5] (open access)

[WASP Training Song Lyrics #5]

The lyrics for seven WASP training songs, "Woof Teds", "The Girls of the 318th", "You Take the Runway", "Flight Polka", "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp", "AAFFTD", and "Yankee Doodle Pilots".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Poem
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Training Song Lyrics #4] (open access)

[WASP Training Song Lyrics #4]

The lyrics for seven WASP training songs, "Woof Teds", "The Girls of the 318th", "You Take the Runway", "Flight Polka", "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp", "AAFFTD", and "Yankee Doodle Pilots".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Poem
System: The Portal to Texas History
WASP Marching Songs (open access)

WASP Marching Songs

Compilation of lyrics to songs related to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, printed for the 2008 WASP Reunion. Songs in this compilation include: Yankee Doodle Pilots, Roll Out the Airplanes, Would You Like to Swing on a Star?, The Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII, I Wanna Be a Miss H.P., You Left Your Father, Rugged But Right, Without Our Wings, and the Army Air Corps Song.
Date: September 26, 2008
Creator: Texas Woman's University. Libraries.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
WASP Songbook (open access)

WASP Songbook

A songbook containing songs written for and by Women Airforce Service Pilots. Songs included are: The Army Air Corps Song; WASP Song; Avenger Field by Grace Faver; Avenger Field by Effie Pratt; Song of the 319th; AAF--FTD; Mess Hall Song; My Wild Eyed Trainee; You're in the FTD; Zoot-Suits and Parachutes; We Hate to See You Leave Us; Auld Land Sune to 43-W-5; Songs of Class 44-W-1; Songs of Class 44-W-3; "Oh My Achin' Back"; Songs of Class 44-W-4; Songs of Class 44-W-7; Do You Have Your Wings?; Songs of Class 44-W-8; Songs of Class 44-W-9; Songs of Class 44-W-10; Miscellaneous Songs; and several songs without titles.
Date: unknown
Creator: WASP Class 44-W-10
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
WASP Songbook (open access)

WASP Songbook

A songbook containing songs written for and by Women Airforce Service Pilots. Songs included are: The Army Air Corps Song; WASP Song; Avenger Field by Grace Faver; Avenger Field by Effie Pratt; Song of the 319th; AAF--FTD; Mess Hall Song; My Wild Eyed Trainee; You're in the FTD; Zoot-Suits and Parachutes; We Hate to See You Leave Us; Auld Land Sune to 43-W-5; Songs of Class 44-W-1; Songs of Class 44-W-3; "Oh My Achin' Back"; Songs of Class 44-W-4; Songs of Class 44-W-7; Do You Have Your Wings?; Songs of Class 44-W-8; Songs of Class 44-W-9; Songs of Class 44-W-10; Miscellaneous Songs; and several songs without titles.
Date: unknown
Creator: WASP Class 44-W-10
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Bob Thompson to Mickey McLernon, November 12, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Bob Thompson to Mickey McLernon, November 12, 1943]

Letter from Bob Thompson to Mickey McLernan discussing photographs he wants to send her, recent travels, and wishing her a happy birthday.
Date: November 12, 1943
Creator: Thompson, Bob
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Flyer: Sweetwater Municipal Band] (open access)

[Flyer: Sweetwater Municipal Band]

Flyer for a concert to be held after a WASP reunion banquet by the Sweetwater Municipal Band, with a sample list of songs and music styles to be performed.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ruth Florey to Rigdon Edwards, January 23, 1995] (open access)

[Letter from Ruth Florey to Rigdon Edwards, January 23, 1995]

Letter from Ruth Florey to Rigdon Edwards discussing Ben's worsening condition and telling him the she misses him.
Date: January 23, 1995
Creator: Florey, Ruth Underwood
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "WW2 Flying Women"] (open access)

[Clipping: "WW2 Flying Women"]

Newspaper clipping of the "People" section of the June 1995 issue of Florida Today. Articles about the story of the WASPs, Michael Jackson's accusations of child molestation, neutering dogs, and more are included. "WW2 Flying Women" discusses two local women, Marjorie Sizemore and Carolyn Miller, and their service in the WASP.
Date: June 22, 1995
Creator: Morris, Betty
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Wasps and Wacs Enter Service] (open access)

[Clipping: Wasps and Wacs Enter Service]

Newspaper clipping of an article about Nancy Love being selected as the leader of the newly organized WACS, a group of ferrying female pilots. The WASPs are also mentioned in this article and other articles about the Ferrying Division, entertainment, and a Professor from Tokyo coming to speak are included as well.
Date: November 5, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Former WASP flies into Fort Stewart to donate uniform and propeller] (open access)

[Clipping: Former WASP flies into Fort Stewart to donate uniform and propeller]

Newspaper clipping with an article about Helen Snapp donating her uniform and a propeller to the Fort Stewart Museum and her experiences from serving in the military as a WASP.
Date: March 10, 2001
Creator: Phillips, Noelle
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The Long Walk to Recognition] (open access)

[Clipping: The Long Walk to Recognition]

Copy of the June 1995 copy of The Washington Post. Articles about Deputy Chief of Staff Harold Ickes, the Women in Military Service for America (WIMSA) Memorial Foundation, and more are included.
Date: June 22, 1995
Creator: Griest, Stephanie
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "WASPs Pick Spa for 34th Reunion"] (open access)

[Clipping: "WASPs Pick Spa for 34th Reunion"]

Newspaper clipping of an article about the women who served in the WASP program, Jackie Cochran, and their upcoming reunion in Hot Springs.
Date: October 17, 1976
Creator: Gassaway, Melinda
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Wings of Excellence] (open access)

[Clipping: Wings of Excellence]

Magazine clipping of an article about the history of women in aviation.
Date: August 1995
Creator: Novak, C. James
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Bethel Gibbons, Marjorie Wakeham Are WASP Graduates in Sweetwater, Tex.] (open access)

[Clipping: Bethel Gibbons, Marjorie Wakeham Are WASP Graduates in Sweetwater, Tex.]

Newspaper clipping announcing that Marjorie Wakeham and Bethel Gibbons are graduating in Sweetwater, Texas after completing their required WASP training.
Date: 1943~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Articles Related to Air Schools in 1942] (open access)

[News Articles Related to Air Schools in 1942]

Compilation of newspaper clippings published in June and July 1942 discussing Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas and other related aviation programs.
Date: 1942-06/1942-07
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
West Texas Historical Association Seventy-First Annual Meeting Schedule (open access)

West Texas Historical Association Seventy-First Annual Meeting Schedule

The West Texas Historical Association's Seventy-First Annual Meeting schedule for the meeting in Midland, Texas on April 8 and 9, 1994. It includes lists of all officers, members of the board of directors, and ex-officio broad members.
Date: 1994-04-08/1994-04-09
Creator: West Texas Historical Association
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Four Receive Order of Fifinella Awards] (open access)

[Clipping: Four Receive Order of Fifinella Awards]

Newspaper clipping discussing awards given by the Order of Fifinella to benefactors of the WASP at their 30th anniversary banquet in Sweetwater, Texas. Featured is a photo of men in uniform and several uniformed WASP veterans saluting an American flag. Various other news excerpt and two advertisements are included.
Date: [1973,1975]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Women Are Informed About WASP Meet] (open access)

[Clipping: Women Are Informed About WASP Meet]

Newspaper clipping of an article about the planned events for the WASP reunion from June 23-25.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Avenger, Volume 1, Issue 1, January 25, 2005 (open access)

The Avenger, Volume 1, Issue 1, January 25, 2005

Newsletter of the National WASP WWII Museum including news, events, and other information of interest to the museum's membership.
Date: January 25, 2005
Creator: National WASP WWII Museum
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cornelia Fort (open access)

Cornelia Fort

Biography of Cornelia Fort, a pilot in the Women's Auxiliary Ferry Squadron (WAFS) who died in a plane crash on March 21, 1943. It includes details about Fort's childhood, education, and love of flying.
Date: November 1980
Creator: Tanner, Doris Brinker
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: 'Putt-Putt' Flew With WASPs] (open access)

[Clipping: 'Putt-Putt' Flew With WASPs]

Newspaper clipping of an article about Mary Vanderventer's service with the WASP, Congress' failure to recognize WASP as veterans, Jimmy Carter granting them veteran status, and Vanderventer's current whereabouts.
Date: May 26, 1979
Creator: Robinson, Nancy
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Mrs. Leckie At WASP Reunion] (open access)

[Clipping: Mrs. Leckie At WASP Reunion]

Newspaper clipping stating that former Women Airforce Service Pilot, Mrs. William H. Leckie will be attending the WASP reunion at Sweetwater, Texas. The clipping also provides a brief history of Mrs. Leckie's life and her experiences as a WASP.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History